As fall brings leaf piles and hidden tick dangers, Alice revisits this powerful conversation with Nicole Bell of Galaxy Diagnostics to highlight the rising risk of Lyme and other tick-borne illnesses—especially when misdiagnosed as mental health or neurological decline. This updated episode includes new insights on testing, advocacy, and how early awareness can save both human and pet lives.

In this powerful episode, we sit down with Nicole, whose family was forever changed by a hidden battle with tick-borne illness—specifically, Lyme disease, and its devastating neurological effects. What began as subtle mood changes and anxiety in her husband slowly escalated into cognitive decline, misdiagnosis, and a desperate search for answers within a fragmented healthcare system.

Nicole courageously shares how tick-borne pathogens like Lyme an ...